Carolyn Bell Sumners
Aug 26, 2014
HENDERSON-Carolyn Bell Sumners, age 78, a resident of Chestnut Street, died Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Virginia. Born in Vance County on August 13, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Carroll Bell, Sr. and Myrtle Grissom Bell.She was a retired Director of the Vance County Senior Center. Funeral services will be...
Carolyn Bell Sumners
Aug 26, 2014
HENDERSON-Carolyn Bell Sumners, age 78, a resident of Chestnut Street, died Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Virginia. Born in Vance County on August 13, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Carroll Bell, Sr. and Myrtle Grissom Bell.She was a retired Director of the Vance County Senior Center. Funeral services will be...
Vernon Bobby Lockemy
Aug 25, 2014
HENDERSON- Vernon Bobby Lockemy, age 78, a resident of 1607 Bane Ave., died Monday, August 25, 2014 at his home.Born in Vance County onSeptember 29, 1935 he was the son of the late Offie Lockemy and Mattie Liles Lockemy.Mr. Lockemy was a veteran of the United States Army and was a retired foreman with Burkart Inc. Funeral services will be...
Joseph Bryant Tharrington
Aug 24, 2014
Joseph Bryant Tharrington, age 70, a resident of 430 Tharrington Lane died Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Duke University Medial Center.Born on September 10, 1943 in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Grady Spencer Tharrington and Molly Harris Tharrington.He was a retired lieutenant with the Henderson Fire Department and an employee of J.M. White Funeral Home where...
Thomas Truman Travis
Aug 13, 2014
Thomas Truman Travis, Sr., age 69, a resident of 819 Orange St., died Wednesday August 13, 2014 at his home. Born June 17, 1945 in Vance Co.,he was the son of the late Walton Preston Travis and Vandora Weaver Travis. He was a retired mechanic at Travis Auto Parts. Memorial services will be held Monday at 2 pm at the...
James Joseph Thomas
Aug 9, 2014
OXFORD-James Joseph Thomas, age 71, a resident of 1740Burnside Road, died Saturday, August 9, 2014, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born in Yancey County on March 10, 1943, he was the son of the late Jeter James Thomas and June Gouge Thomas. James was a retired Supervisor for S. T. Wooten.After retiring, he started Thomas and Sons Concrete, Inc. where he...
Michael Ray Ligon
Aug 8, 2014
HENDERSON-Michel Ray Ligon, age 64, a resident of 411 S. Lynnbank Road, died Friday, August 8, 2014, at his home.Born on January 31, 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of the late Detmar Ligon and Irma Lee Gregory Ligon Montgomery.Michael was a Veteran of the US Army serving three tours of duty in Vietnam.He was a former employee...
Wade Horton
Jul 27, 2014
Russell Wade Horton, age 57, a resident of 1746 NC Hwy 39 South, died Sunday July 27, 2014 at his home. Born December 8, 1956 in Wake Co., he was the son of the late Rev. Isaac Clinton Horton and Viola Matthews Horton. Wade was a former employee of C&P Body Shop and was a member of Bible Baptist Church....
Katherine Dickerson Moss
Jul 22, 2014
HENDERSON- Mrs. Katherine Dickerson Moss, age 90, passed away Tuesday July 22, 2014 at her home.Born in Granville County on July 12, 1924 she was the daughter of the late Ernest Albert Dickerson and Florence Bradford Dickerson and the widow of Albert Ernest Moss.She was a charter member of Raleigh Road Baptist Church where she served as Church Clerk, Sunday...
Dan William Tucker
Jul 22, 2014
TOWNSVILLE-Dan William Tucker, age 88, loving and faithful husband of 61 years, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at his home.Born on October 15, 1925 in Rochester, New York, he was the son of the late William Brady Tucker and Mildred Snyder Tucker Hill. Dan was a Veteran of the US Navy serving during World War II.He was a...
Alvin Eugene Oakes
Jul 20, 2014
HENDERSON-Alvin Eugene Oakes, age 78, a resident of 328 Oak Street, died Sunday, July 20, 2014, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born on April 19, 1936 in Granville County, he was the son of the late William Belt Oakes and Beatrice Hall Oakes, and was the widower of Farrel Wheeler Oakes.He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army and was a...
Hazel Lynch Hobgood
Jul 19, 2014
HENDERSON-Hazel Lynch Hobgood, age 88, a resident of 119 White Oak Drive, died Saturday, July 19, 2014, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born in Warren County on March 18, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Fred Baird Lynch and Alma Taylor Lynch, and was the widow of Lucius Howard Hobgood, Sr. Hazel was a retired cafeteria manager at Kerr-Vance...
Nicholas A. Bisogno
Jul 19, 2014
Nicholas Anthony Nick Bisogno, Sr., age 75, a resident of 3008 Old County Home Road, died Saturday, July 19, 2014, at his home.Born on April 9, 1939 in Carbondale, PA., he was the son of the late Antonio Bisogno and Stella Sofin Bisogno. He was a 21 year Veteran of the U.S. Army serving in Vietnam. Nicholas began his military...
Jose M. Peralta
Jul 18, 2014
Jose Miguel Grave de Peralta, age 89, a resident of 65 Pine View Road, died Friday July 18, 2014 at his home.Born in Holguin, Cuba on May 8, 1925, he was the son of the late Candido S. Grave de Peralta and Luz Sofia Gomez Grave de Peralta.He was a retired teacher having taught high school in Vance County, as...
Edgar Sherwood Jackson
Jul 17, 2014
HENDERSON- Edgar "Jack" Sherwood Jackson, age 75, a resident of 3130 Southerland Mill Road, died Thursday July 17, 2014 at his home.Born in Vance County on December 14, 1938 he was the son of the late Edgar Stonewall Jackson and Shirley Overton Jackson. Mr. Jackson was a veteran of the United States Army and National Guard.He was a retired from...
Virginia Smith Woodlief
Jul 15, 2014
OXFORD-Virginia Smith Woodlief, age 92, a former resident of Wilton, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014.She was a native of Wake County and the daughter of the late Clarence Smith and Eleanor Smith and thewidow of Pender L. Woodlief.She was a member of Brassfield Baptist Church where she served as a Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, WMU Director, a member of the...
Tommy Lee Key
Jul 13, 2014
HENDERSON- Mr. Tommy Lee Key beloved husband and father, age 70, a resident of 2342 Oxford Rd., passed away July 13, 2014 at his home.Born February 11, 1944 in Roanoke Rapids, he was the son of the late Marvin Hilbert Key and Helen Snow Key.He was a retired from IBM Corporation where he worked as a software engineer. Private prayers...
Lloyd Woody Woodlief
Jul 7, 2014
KITTRELL-Lloyd "Woody" Woodlief, age 84, a resident of 430 Cricket Creek Lane, died Monday, July 7, 2014.Born on July 6, 1930 in Vance County, he was the son of the late John Woodlief and Mary Stella Overton Woodlief.He was a Veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving during the Korean War, and was a member of Central Baptist Church and...
Rita Oxendine Walker
Jul 6, 2014
HENDERSON- Rita Helena Oxendine Walker, age 63, passed away July 6, 2014 at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham.Born December 5, 1950 in Fairmont, NC, she was the daughter of the late James Oxendine and Bernice Morgan Oxendine. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Frank Sossamon on Wednesday at 10 am in the chapel of J.M. White Funeral Home.Burial will...
Michelle Davis Williams
Jul 5, 2014
Michelle Leigh Davis Williams, age 37, a resident of 146 Dorsey Place, died Saturday, July 5, 2014, at Maria Parham Medical Center.Born in Vance County on November 1, 1976, she was the daughter of Janet Abbott Davis of Henderson and the late Clarence Brooks Davis. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 am at South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church...
